Toy pistol.



C. A. BAILEY.

TOY PISTOL APPLICATION FILED MAY I2. I91].

Patented Jan. 1, 1918.

K a u l 0 Inc's/72271" fiM M a or TED STATES PATENT onr on.

CHARLES ALEXANDER BAILEY, OF CROMWELE, CONNECTICUT.

TOY PISTOL.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. BAILEY,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Cromwell, in the county of Midcllesex and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toy Pistols, of which the following is a specificascale on the line to m of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a view corresponding to Fig. 1 of a modification of a toy-pistol.

Fig.5 is a reverse view of the same.

My improved toy-pistol comprises a frame structure 10 in the form of a single casting,

a hammermember 11 operatively housed in the said structure, and also a spring 12.

The frame structure 10 comprises a barrel 13 at one end, a handle 14 at the other end, and intermediate the said ends there is a structure comprising on the upper side a the anvil 15, the guard 16 on the lower side, in the form of a loop, and between the anvil 15 and the guard 16 is the body 17 in which is positioned the hammer member 11.

, The handle 14 is recessed or paneled on bothsides, and in the panel 18 on the left slde, shown in Fig. 1, is housed the body portion of the spring 12.

The spring 12 consists of a single piece of roundwire and is curved from end to end to conform generally to the handle 14 and the I adjacent part of the body 17.

. The lower rib or flange 19 at the butt of the handle 14 that incloses the panel 18 is {provided on the inner side with an inwardly directed lug 20 that serves as a backing for lithe lowerend 21 of the spring 12.

Positioned in the panel 18, adjacent the lug20iis an outstanding lug 22 that is separated from the general level of the opposed faceofthe panel 18 by a space in which is housed the power body portion of the spring 12. Actually,'the portion of the handle 14 opposed to the outstanding lug 22 is cut away, leaving an open gap 23 in the handle 14, back of the lug 22, which is bridged by he part 24 of the spring 2, ha is. back of the lug 22.

f Thusthe spring 12 is tucked in as it were Specification of Letters Patent.

in the hammer member 11.

Patented. Jan. 1, 1918.

Application filed May 12, 1917. Serial No. 168,246.

between the outstanding and overhanging lug 22 and the cut-out body wall or web portion 25 of the handle 14 and is free to move to a limited extent in the plane of the web 25, to correspond to the different posit1ons of the spring forthe cocked and the fired posltions of the hammer member 11.

' The spring 12 extends from the stop lug 20, along the web 25, under the lug 22, as mentioned, and terminates at the upper or inner end within the body 17, the extreme end portion 26 being housed in a recess 27 The housing 17 is of skeleton construction, comprising, as applied to Fig. 1, a rear wall portion and a front wall portion in spaced relation, for operativelv housing the hammer member 11, and having an opening 28 at the rear end for admitting the spring 12. The said rear wall portion is composed of two parts in spaced relation in the form of bars that extend generally axially and in parallelism, the top bar 29 forming the upper limit or border of the housing and the bottom bar 30 constituting the lower limit or border thereof. The front wall portion consists ofa plate-like bar 31 that extends longitudinally or axially across the space 32 between the bars 29 and 30, and positioned about midway therebetween,

and spaced laterally from the said bars.

The opposed inner faces of the bar 31 on one side and of the two bars 29 and 30 on the other side serve as sliding bearing faces for the hammer member 11. The bar 31 shown as the front bar in Fig. 1 is at the left when in use and the rear bars 29 and 30 as referred to above is at the right. In the front end wall of the operating space 32 for the hammer member 11 is provided a notch 33 that serves as a fulcrum for the hammer member 11. a i

The hammer member 11 comprises a plate-like body portion that fits-in the space 32 and extends generally vertically or transversely between the bar 31 on one side and the bars 29 and 30 onthe other side, has on the rear edge portion a notch or recess 27,already mentioned, for the inner end of the spring12, and a finger 35 extending forwardly from the front edge portion that serves as the fulcrum for cooperating with "the notch 33, and has onthe lower edge portion an extension that projects downwardly into the guard space,-inclosed.by the loop 16, and serves as the trigger, and has at the 7 upper end the handle' or' thumb piece'3't therear ,a-ndthe nose 38' at the front.

The face 89"of t'IieTh'ammer-BS" is tapered "or wedge-shape, suitably to operate" on dif;

ferent sized caps and the anvil'l5yis correspondingly tapered, as isj,,a1so the retaining j:

c flange "that oiie'rliangs the an'Vil 15, for

retaining the caps in place;

; f The left bar 31 of the body 17; cooperates jvith the adjacent portion of thezrweb 25" of the handle 14 to, retainfithe inner end portion of the spring -12 in the operatiwfe position. a As described the spring 12 1s positively-held" in 5 position near the end portions n suchfa mannerthat the body portion'will lay along the web 25,1and beca'use of 'c the manner in which the spring is J V held in all positions ofuse I am enabled to useroundfspring'wire for making the same.

The spring 12' holds hammer member 11 V engaged with-its fulcrum, and operates to a hold the same in either the eockedipos'ition V or thefired position, the bars that form the side "faces ofthe housing or body '17 serving {as lateral guide memberstherefori- 1 .*In-th'e modification shown in'Figs; i and V 5 thebarrel13? is a separate piece of cylindric'al form, made of a piece of tubing, mountedon; a lug 4L1- on the front end of theframe structure 10 7' V r I r v A1so,gthe{,body '17 differs in-detail fromihebody "17 shown in "Figs. 1 and 2 as fol- -ows:n-

" In the body 17 the :front plate-like bar 31 is supported at both ends,the front, end be :ing connectedwiththe solid portion 42 of dale body," just below the anvil 15,,and the] 7' rear end mergingiwith thefiange 'l;9.o'f,the-'- I handlejl-l both at the upper. side 43 of the opening-28 for thespring 12i and at the #lower'side lthereof; In the. construction shown in' F igs; 4. and 5 gthe bar member 31 is of plate-like .formland is supported-from V 4 the ifront1( encl'-,42 v only2and the opening 28 I 45 of the generalcinterion-sp'ace 32 "'for the grhammer "mem'b er' 11". In the-style shown in "Figs; 11 and '2 there are three outlets for the l a fs'pace v32, o'fnefl-"at.thetop for; thehammer at the rear end visesse'i'itially an extension membersn overhangs the said space; sufi-- ovement iota-the; hammer-mismylierf lko i qt eir ide ies eases part thereof;

w th intfi to, "correspond generally ;.-to the V in Bath stylesof construction a will be noted that in guiding the hammer member "the princi ple'of the three point bearing is involvechinthat on one side the guiding means consists of two guide bars in spaced relation. and on the other side cooperatging guiding means comprisesa single-bar that isp ositioned in opposition to the space,

between the said two guide bars. 7

Both the hammer member and the spring erve. a sperati ly 'mqv g. leme ts; h ing alimited t0 and fro movement, and each is pro file w th l i i al g i g e ns the form of flat sliding snrtacesthat permit ,ofsuch movement, and the saidfsurface's are part; of-a unitary, integral: structure.

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gagingwith parts f the -lateralldg ifi i the aid en r rt sltpos ned ad ent the junction of the} said body and handle, and in oti'r-r s'et relation, whereby one] contact sur- 7. toyrpistol cp nprlsing a body and a 1; handle .c onectedthereto, ahammer member -fu1crume.d'in the; said bodyha springex tending along ,the said handle, having one end portion projecting into the said body and 'en'gageid with the aid hammer member, slid- "ing jcQntact surfaces being provided for enface engaged with the lateraledge of one :p -rt 1 h s i spr i d the' oth r tact n, ewe i n ag d ith the lateraledge of anotherpart thereof.

p n n e's id t tursi r s ns T n t y p a e means :te stee y-me tl said hammer member and spring, an anvil,

nd a r gge i a d nithiie ie a a l op a and cooperating fulcrums on the said hammer member and frame, the meansco n- I a -m take fl me sam f operatively, housing a hammer member and prising guide-wall portions on both sides of the said ammer member and spring,

" 3 Ina -toy:pistol,'; structure," a

' hammer member and a spring housed the said structure, a trigger" guard "on; the said structure, the said structure hailing; integral f r taining th said h mmer m mher in position for cooperating. wann said hammer men'iblei, I and the surfi i ii 4; I o yf-ri t ltai i n s 'sf i tu f i eem eram mbss a d a sPr --.1: Q S@d i th 's idi tr tu er gge u d 9 1 1 said? structure, and, the said structure}- comprising; a unitaryf'piece of, material proy-idedeai i pr lft iil ng hs fiid s r n in rqsi Qnf-er sbii ati g ithihe said'hamm er'member i'n thefor mjof aplu-q fali a etlseiila ur ases; re nest 1 tlinla s d-.- spr g n the-[ aid 'mansbsi l te f m, pr i e g lds n; a re n e ag men th. the? s fa ejilerti I of the said hammer -niernbertitlie surface on 7 one side beingengaged with oneipart ofthe son; the

eral edges of parts of the said sprin the parts that are so engaged on one side eing different from the parts on the other side.

prising a unitary piece of material provided with integral means for retaining the said hammer member and spring in posltlon for cooperating one with the other, the said means being in the form of guide surfaces on opposite sides of the said hammer memher and spring, and the guide surface on one side being opposed to an open space on. the other side.

6. In a toy-pistol, a body for housing a hammer member, a handle member connected to the said body, a spring extending along the said handle member and having one end projecting into the said body for engaging With the said hammer member,

and the said handle member having an outstanding lug on one side face adjacent the other end of the said spring for holding the said other end of the spring in operative position, With the body portion thereof extended along the said side face.

7. In a toy-pistol, a body, a hammer member housed in the said body and having a fulcrum projection engaged With the end Wall of the said body, the said body having lateral guide members for cooperating with thesaid hammer member, and the said guide members comprising on one side a pair of guide bar members in spaced relation and on the other side a guide bar member that is positioned opposite the space between the said pair of guide bar members.

8. In a toy-pistol, a frame structure, a moving element housed in the said frame structure and'having a limited to and fro movement therein, and the said frame structure consisting of a unitary, integral structure having a plurality of fiatsliding surfaces that are engaged with the lateral edges of the moving element.

CHARLES ALEXANDER BAILEY. Witnesses:

B. E. SPENCER, LOUIS M. SCHMIDT.

copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, I). 0. 

